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Re: Limit full power on victor sp

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Originally Posted by Andy Brockway View Post
You can never have a robot that is too fast!

We usually use one of the joystick triggers to reduce the max speed by a software scale factor applied to the y-axis when we want finer control of the throttle.

If you want a permanent reduction it could be done mechanically with gears. sprockets or smaller wheel. This will let you use the full power of the motors.
Even though this is harder than the code thing, this is a better solution.
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